Communication system in digital television
A VSB communication system or transmitter for processing supplemental data packets with MPEG-II data packets includes a VSB supplemental data processor and a VSB transmission system. The VSB supplemental data processor includes a Reed-Solomon coder for coding the supplemental data to be transmitted, a repetition coder for inserting repetion data to an intereaved supplemental data for generating a predefined sequence, a header inserter for inserting an MPEG header to the supplemental data having the repetion code inserted therein, a multiplexer for multiplexing an MPEG data coded with the supplemental data having the MPEG header added thereto in a preset multiplexing ratio and units. The output of the multiplexer is provided to an 8T-VSB transmission system for modulating a data field from the multiplexer and transmitting the modulated data field to a VSB reception system.
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This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2001-22200, filed on Apr. 25, 2001, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a digital television transmission system, and more particularly, to a 8T-VSB (Vestigial Sideband) transmission system for transmitting supplemental data in addition to MPEG data and to a signal format for the VSB transmission system.
2. Description of the Related Art
The United States of America has employed ATSC 8T-VSB (8 Trellis-Vestigial Sideband) as a standard since 1995, and has been broadcasting in the ATSC 8T-VSB since the later half of 1998. South Korea also has employed the ATSC 8T-VSB as a standard. South Korea started test broadcasting in May 1995, and has since August 2000 put in place a regular test broadcasting system. The advancement of technology allows the transmission of digital television (DTV) in the same 6 MHz bandwidth currently used by NTSC.
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In the VSB transmission system 16, the 8-VSB bit stream should have a random, noiselike signal. The reason being that the transmitted signal frequency response must have a flat noise-like spectrum in order to use the allotted 6 MHz channel space with maximum efficiency. Random data minimizes interference into analog NTSC. In the data randomizer 1, each byte value is changed according to known pattern of pseudo-random number generation. This process is reversed in the VSB receiver in order to recover the proper data values.
The Reed-Solomon coder 2 of the VSB transmission system 16 is used for subjecting the output data of the data randomizer 1 to Reed-Solomon coding and adding a 20 byte parity code to the output data. Reed Solomon encoding is a type of forward error correction scheme applied to the incoming data stream. Forward error correction is used to correct bit errors that occur during transmission due to signal fades, noise, etc. Various types of techniques may be used as the forward error correction process.
The Reed-Solomon coder 2 takes all 187 bytes of an incoming MPEG-II data packet (the sync or header byte has been removed from 188 bytes) and mathematically manipulates them as a block to create a digital sketch of the block contents. This “sketch” occupies 20 additional bytes which are added at the tail end of the original 187 byte packet. These 20 bytes are known as Reed-Solomon parity bytes. The 20 Reed-Solomon parity bytes for every data packet add redundancy for forward error correction of up to 10 byte errors/packet. Since Reed-Solomon decoders correct byte errors, and bytes can have anywhere from 1 to 8 bit errors within them, a significant amount of error correction can be accomplished in the VSB receiver. The output of the Reed-Solomon coder 2 is 207 bytes (187 plus 20 parity bytes).
The VSB receiver will compare the received 187 byte block to the 20 parity bytes in order to determine the validity of the recovered data. If errors are detected, the receiver can use the parity bytes to locate the exact location of the errors, modify the corrupted bytes, and reconstruct the original information.
The data interleaver 3 interleaves the output data of the Reed-Solomon coder 2. in particular, the data interleaver 3 mixes the sequential order of the data packet and disperses or delays the MPEG-II packet throughout time. The data interleaver 3 then reassembles new data packets incorporating small sections from many different MPEG-II (pre-interleaved) packets. The reassembled packets are 207 bytes each.
The purpose of the data interleaver 3 is to prevent losing of one or more packets due to noise or other harmful transmission environment. By interleaving data into many different packets, even if one packet is completely lost, the original packet may be substantially recovered from information contained in other packets.
The VSB transmission system 16 also has a trellis coder 4 for converting the output data of the data interleaver 3 from byte form into symbol form and for subjecting it to trellis coding. Trellis coding is another form of forward error correction. Unlike Reed-Solomon coding, which treated the entire MPEG-II packet simultaneously as a block, trellis coding is an evolving code that tracks the progressing stream of bits as it develops through time.
The trellis coder 4 adds additional redundancy to the signal in the form of more (than four data levels, creating the multilevel (8) data symbols for transmission. For trellis coding, each 8-bit byte is split up into a stream of four, 2-bit words. In the trellis coder 4, each 2-bit input word is compared to the past history of previous 2-bit words. A 3-bit binary code is mathematically generated to describe the transition from the previous 2-bit word to the current one. These 3-bit codes are substituted for the original 2-bit words and transmitted as the eight level symbols of 8-VSB. For every two bits that enter the trellis coder 4, three bits come out.
The trellis decoder in the VSB receiver uses the received 3-bit transition codes to reconstruct the evolution of the data stream from one 2-bit word to the next. In this way, the trellis coder follows a “trail” as the signal moves from one word to the next through time. The power of trellis coding lies in its ability to track a signal's history through time and discard potentially faulty information (errors) based on a signal's past and future behavior.
A multiplexer 5 is used for multiplexing a symbol stream from the trellis coder 4 and synchronizing signals. The segment and the field synchronizing signals provide information to the VSB receiver to accurately locate and demodulate the transmitted RF signal. The segment and the field synchronizing signals are inserted after the randomization and error coding stages so as not to destroy the fixed time and amplitude relationships that these signals must possess to be effective. The multiplexer 5 provides the output from the trellis coder 4 and the segment and the field synchronizing signals in a time division manner.
An output packet of the data interleaver 3 comprises the 207 bytes of an interleaved data packet. After trellis coding, the 207 byte segment is stretched out into a baseband stream of 828 eight level symbols. The segment synchronizing signal is a four symbol pulse that is added to the front of each data segment and replaces the missing first byte (packet sync byte) of the original MPEG-II data packet. The segment synchronizing signal appears once every 832 symbols and always takes the form of a positive-negative-positive pulse swinging between the +5 and −5 signal levels.
The field synchronizing signal is an entire data segment that is repeated once per field. The field synchronizing signal has a known data symbol pattern of positive-negative pulses and is used by the receiver to eliminate signal ghosts caused by poor reception.
The VSB transmission system 16 also has the pilot inserter 6 for inserting pilot signals into the symbol stream from the multiplexer 5. Similar to the synchronizing signals described above, the the pilot signal is inserted after the randomization and error coding stages so as not to destroy the fixed time and amplitude relationships that these signals must possess to be effective.
Before the data is modulated, a small DC shift is applied to the 8T-VSB baseband signal. This causes a small residual carrier to appear at the zero frequency point of the resulting modulated spectrum. This is the pilot signal provided by the pilot inserter 6. This gives the RF PLL circuits in the VSB receiver something to lock onto that is independent of the data being transmitted.
After the pilot signal has been inserted by the pilot inserter 6, the output is subjected to a VSB modulator 7. The VSB modulator 7 modulates the symbol stream from the pilot inserter 6 into an 8 VSB signal of an intermediate frequency band. The VSB modulator 7 provides a filtered (root-raised cosine) IF signal at a standard frequency (44 Mhz in the U.S.), with most of one sideband removed.
In particular, the eight level baseband signal is amplitude modulated onto an intermediate frequency (IF) carrier. The modulation produces a double sideband IF spectrum about the carrier frequency. The total spectrum is too wide to be transmitted in the assigned 6 MHz channel.
The sidelobes produced by the modulation are simply scaled copies of the center spectrum, and the entire lower sideband is a mirror image of the upper sideband. Therefore using a filter, the VSB modulator discards the entire lower sideband and all of the sidelobes in the upper sideband. The remaining signal (upper half of the center spectrum) is further eliminated in one-half by using the Nyquist filter. The Nyquist filter is based on the Nyquist Theory, which summarizes that only a ½ frequency bandwidth is required to transmit a digital signal at a given sampling rate.
Finally, there is a RF (Radio Frequency) converter 8 for converting the signal of an intermediate frequency band from the VSB modulator 7 into a signal of a RF band signal, and for transmitting the signal to a reception system through an antenna 9.
The foregoing VSB communication system is at least partially described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,636,251, 5,629,958 and 5,600,677 by Zenith Co. which are incorporated herein by reference. The 8T-VSB transmission system, which is employed as the standard digital TV broadcasting in North America and South Korea, was developed for the transmission of MPEG video and audio data. As technologies for processing digital signals develop and the use of the Internet increases, the trend currently is to integrate digitized home appliances, the personal computer, and the Internet into one comprehensive system.
Therefore, in order to satisfy the variety of the demands of users, there is a need to develop a communication system that facilitates the addition and transmittal of a variety of supplemental data to the video and audio data through the digital broadcasting channel. It is predicted that the use of supplemental data broadcasting may require PC (Personal Computer) cards or portable appliances, with simple indoor antennas.
However, there can be a substantial reduction of signal strength due to walls and nearby moving bodies. There also can be ghost and noise caused by reflective waves, which causes the performance of the signal of the supplemental data broadcasting to be substantially poor. Supplemental data broadcasting is different from general video and audio data in that it requires a lower error ratio in transmission. For general video and audio data, errors imperceptible to the human eye or ear are inconsequential. In contrast, for supplemental data, even one bit of error in the supplemental data (which may include program execution files, stock information, and other similar information) may cause a serious problem. Therefore, the development of a communication system that is more resistant to the ghost and noise occurring on the channel is absolutely required.
In general, the supplemental data is transmitted by a time division system on a channel similar to the MPEG video and audio data. After the incorporation of digital broadcasting, there has already been a widespread emergence in the home appliance market of receivers equipped to receive ATSC VSB digital broadcast signals. These products receive MPEG video and audio data only. Therefore, it is required that the transmission of supplemental data on the same channel as the MPEG video and audio data has no adverse influence on the existing receivers that are equipped to receive ATSC VSB digital broadcasting.
The above situation is defined as ATSC VSB backward compatibility, and the supplemental data broadcasting system must be a system that is backward-compatible with the ATSC VSB communication system.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAccordingly, the present invention is directed to a VSB communication system, and a signal format for the VSB communication system that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to the limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present invention is to provide an ATSC VSB transmission system, which can transmit the present MPEG video and audio data together with supplemental data.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an ATSC VSB transmission system that is more robust to ghost and noise.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a new ATSC VSB transmission system that is fully backward-compatible with a related art ATSC VSB transmission system.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a transmission data format that is suitable to an ATSC VSB transmission system which is robust to ghost and noise.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description that follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.
To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described, the VSB transmitter for use with an MPEG data signal and a supplemental data signal comprises a VSB supplemental data processor and a 8T-VSB transmission system. The VSB supplemental data processor comprises a forward error correction coder that codes the supplemental data signal; repetition coder for inserting repetition bits to supplemental data signal and outputting repetition data; a header inserter for inserting a header to the supplemental data signal having the repetition data inserted therein; and a multiplexer for multiplexing the MPEG data signal and the supplemental data signal having the header inserted thereto in at least one of a predetermined multiplexing ratio and unit.
The VSB transmission system is responsive to the VSB supplemental data processor for modulating an output from the multiplexer to form at least one data field comprising a plurality of segments that includes at least one segment representing the supplemental data signal and at least one segment representing the MPEG data signal.
According to one aspect of the present invention, the forward error correction coder is a Reed-Solomon coder. The supplemental data signal includes at least one data packet having X bytes and the Reed-Solomon coder provides parity bytes of Y bytes, wherein a total of X and Y bytes is 184 bytes.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the header inserter adds three bytes of header information to the data packet. Preferably ,a repetition coder repeatedly codes input 1 byte, converts the input 1 byte to 2 bytes, and outputs the resultant value. This improves a receiving performance by widening the distance between symbols when a trellis coded modulator (TCM) performs coding. That is, the distance between symbols becomes wide by inputting 000, 110, 001, and 111 to the TCM with a repetition coding.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the VSB transmitter further comprises an interleaver receiving data from the forward error correction coder and outputting to the repetition coder. The interleaver interleaves the supplemental data signal with forward error corrected code. Also said interleaver may omit the present of the invention.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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In the VSB supplemental data processor 100, there is provided a Reed-Solomon coder 11 for the correction of errors. The supplemental data is coded at a Reed-Solomon coder (or R-S coder) 11. Preferably, the Reed-Solomon coder 11 is used for subjecting the supplemental data to Reed-Solomon coding and adding a 20 byte parity code to the output data. As described above, Reed Solomon encoding is a type of forward error correction scheme applied to the incoming data stream. Forward error correction is used to correct bit errors that occur during transmission due to signal fades, noise, etc. Various other types of error correction techniques known to one of ordinary skill in the art may be used as the forward error correction process.
According to the preferred embodiment, the Reed-Solomon coder 11 of the VSB supplemental data processor takes 164 bytes of an incoming supplemental data packet and mathematically manipulates them as a block to create a digital sketch of the block contents. The 20 additional bytes are added at the tail end of the original 164 byte packet. These 20 bytes are known as Reed-Solomon parity bytes. Since Reed-Solomon decoders of the VSB reception system correct byte errors, and bytes can have anywhere from 1 to 8 bit errors within them, a significant amount of error correction can be accomplished in the VSB receiver. The output of the Reed-Solomon coder 11 is preferably 184 bytes (164 bytes from the original packet plus 20 parity bytes).
The VSB supplemental data processor 100 further includes the data interleaver 12, which interleaves the output data of the Reed-Solomon coder 11. The interleaver 12 is for interleaving the coded supplemental data to enhance performance against burst noise. The interleaver 12 may be omitted, if necessary.
The data interleaver 12 according to the preferred embodiment mixes the sequential order of the supplemental data packet and disperses or delays the supplemental data packet throughout time. The data interleaver 12 then reassembles new data packets incorporating small sections from many different supplemental data packets. Each one of the reassembled packets are 184 bytes long.
As described above, the purpose of the data interleaver 12 is to prevent losing of one or more packets due to noise or other harmful transmission environment. By interleaving data into many different packets, even if one packet is completely lost, the original packet may be recovered from information contained in other packets. However there is a data interleaver in the ASTC 8T-VSB transmission system, the data interleaver for the supplemental data can be omitted if it is not required to enhance the burst noise performance of the supplemental data. For this reason, the data interleaver 12 may not be necessary for the VSB supplemental data processor 100.
The VSB supplemental data processor 100 also includes the repetition coder 13 for inserting repetition bit to an allocated region of the interleaved (if the data interleaver 12 was present) or Reed-Solomon coded supplemental data for generating the predefined sequence for the supplemental data at an input terminal of a Trellis coder (shown in
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The supplemental data having the MPEG header added thereto is provided to a multiplexer 15. The multiplexer 15 receives as inputs the processed supplemental data from the MPEG header inserter 14 and MPEG data packets. MPEG data packet, such as a broadcasting program (movie, sports, entertainment, or drama), coded through another path (output from MPEG encoder), is received together with the supplemental data at the multiplexer 15. Upon reception of the MPEG data and the supplemental data, the multiplexer 15 multiplexes the supplemental data and the MPEG data at a fixed ratio under the control of a controller defining a multiplexing ratio and unit and forwards the multiplexed data to the 8T-VSB transmission system 16.
The 8T-VSB transmission system 16, which is described in detail in reference to
For example, the Reed-Solomon coder 11 uses a code having a block size N=184, a payload K=164, and an error correction capability T=10. On the other hand, as a generator polynomial of the Galois Field and the Reed-Solomon coder 11, the same code as the the Reed-Solomon coder 2 described with respect to
The use of the MPEG header is explained in more detail. ISO/IEC 13818-1 has a definition on an MPEG transport packet header. If a 0×47 synchronization byte is removed from the MPEG transport packet header, a 3 byte header is left. A PID (program identification) is defined by this 3 bytes, a transport part of the MPEG decoder discards a packet if the PID of the received packet received is not valid. For example, a null packet PID or other reserved PID can be used. Therefore, the MPEG header inserter 14 in
Therefore, the VSB reception system determines the multiplexing locations of the MPEG data and the supplemental data in the field data received synchronous to the field synchronizing signal. The VSB reception system demultiplexes the MPEG data and the supplemental data based on the multiplexing locations. A multiplexing ratio and method for multiplexing the MPEG data and the supplemental data may vary with amounts of data thereof.
Information on the variable multiplexing method and ratio may be loaded on, for example, a reserved area of the 92 bits not used in the field synchronizing signal. By retrieving and decoding such information, the VSB reception system identifies the correct multiplexing ratio and method from the multiplexing information contained in the field synchronizing signal.
Alternatively, the multiplexing information may be inserted, not only in the reserved area of the field synchronizing signal, but also in the data segment of the supplemental data. As shown in
When 1 byte is input, a repetition bit is inserted as shown to output 2 bytes. As shown in FIG., the repeatedly coded additional data are coded to a leed solomon, interleaved, and input (d1 and d0) to the TMC without passing through a randomizer within 8T-VSB transmitting system. Hereinafter, a relation between the repeatedly coded additional data and the TMC will be explained with reference to
The VSB transmitter 110 of the present invention is required to have identical probabilities of occurrence of the 8 levels, for having backward-compatibility with the related art VSB transmission system. Therefore, the presence of the 0's and 1's in the sequence received as the input signal D0 at the Trellis coder are required to be almost the same.
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Because the VSB transmission system 16 already includes a data interleaver 3, as shown in
The operation of the VSB supplemental data processor 100 according to the present invention will be described. According to
Thereafter, the MPEG header inserter 14 inserts 3 bytes of MPEG header, preferably containing the PID, to the front part of each of the supplemental data packets for backward-compatibility with the related art ASTC 8T-VSB transmission system. The multiplexer 15 multiplexes each of the supplemental data packets from the MPEG header inserter 14 and the MPEG data received through another route, and transmits the multiplexed data to the VSB transmission system 16. The VSB transmission system 16 codes the multiplexed data and transmits the data to the VSB reception system.
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As has been explained, the present invention has the following advantages. First, supplemental data can be transmitted on the same channel with MPEG data with the supplemental data multiplexed with the MPEG data.
Second, a backward-compatibility with the conventional ATSC 8T VSB system can be sustained. That is, the reception of the MPEG transport data at the ASTC 8T-VSB receiver is not affected. Third, reliable reception both of the MPEG data and the supplemental data at the reception system is facilitated by using the predefined sequence inserted in the supplemental data even on a channel with excessive ghost. Fourth, a noise immunity of the supplemental data is enhanced at the VSB reception system by using the predefined sequence inserted in the supplemental data. Fifth, transmission of other MPEG data through supplemental data path is permitted, which in turn permits reception of the MPEG data even in a poor channel state.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the VSB communication system, and the signal format for the VSB communication system of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A VSB transmitter for use with an MPEG data signal and a supplemental data signal, the VSB transmitter comprising:
- a VSB supplemental data processor configured to preprocess the supplemental data signal, the VSB supplemental data processor comprising: a forward error correction coder that codes the supplemental data signal; a data expander for expanding each individual byte of the coded supplemental data signal into two bytes of data in succession to generate an expanded supplemental data signal; a header inserter for inserting a header to the expanded supplemental data signal; and a multiplexer for multiplexing the MPEG data signal and the supplemental data signal having the header inserted thereto in at least one of a predetermined multiplexing ratio and unit, wherein the multiplexing unit is a segment, and the multiplexing ratio varies with amounts of MPEG data packets representing the MPEG data signal and supplemental data packets representing the supplemental data signal; and a VSB transmission system connected to the VSB supplemental data processor for Trellis-coding the multiplexed data signal, and for modulating the Trellis-coded mulitiplexed data signal to form at least one data field comprising a plurality of segments that includes at least one segment formed from the supplemental data signal and at least one segment formed from the MPEG data signal.
2. The VSB transmitter of claim 1, wherein the forward error correction coder is a Reed-Solomon coder.
3. The VSB transmitter of claim 2, wherein the supplemental data signal includes at least one data packet having X bytes and the Reed-Solomon coder provides parity bytes of Y bytes, wherein a total of X and Y bytes is 184 bytes.
4. The VSB transmitter of claim 3, wherein the header inserter adds three bytes of header information to the data packet, wherein the header information contains program identification.
5. The VSB transmitter of claim 1, further comprising an interleaver interleaving the supplemental data signal coded by the forward error correction coder and outputting an interleaved supplemental data signal to the data expander.
6. The VSB transmitter of claim 5, wherein the forward error correction coder is a Reed-Solomon coder.
7. The VSB transmitter of claim 6, wherein the supplemental data signal includes at least one data packet having X bytes and the Reed-Solomon coder provides parity bytes of Y bytes, wherein a total of X and Y bytes is 184 bytes.
8. The VSB transmitter of claim 7, wherein the header inserter adds three bytes of header information to the data packet, wherein the header information contains program identification.
9. The VSB transmitter of claim 1, wherein the data expander divides each data packet of the supplemental data signal coded by the forward error correction coder into a plurality of data packets, and inserts one byte of repetition data after each byte of the divided data packets.
10. The VSB transmitter of claim 1, wherein the multiplexing ratio of the supplemental data packets and the MPEG data packets in the multiplexer is one segment to one segment.
11. The VSB transmitter of claim 1, wherein the multiplexing ratio of the supplemental data packets and the MPEG data packets in the multiplexer is one segment to three segments.
12. The VSB transmitter of claim 1, wherein the multiplexer is responsive to a field synchronizing signal used for synchronizing a data frame of the VSB transmission system.
13. The VSB transmitter of claim 1, wherein the data field has 312 data segments and one field synchronizing segment.
14. A VSB supplemental data processor for use with a VSB transmission system to provide a supplemental data signal and an MPEG data signal thereto, wherein the VSB transmission system modulates at least one data field comprising a plurality of segments that includes at least one segment formed from the supplemental data signal and at least one segment formed from the MPEG data signal, the VSB supplemental data processor comprising:
- a forward error correction coder that codes the supplemental data signal;
- a data expander for expanding each individual byte of the coded supplemental data signal into two bytes of data in succession to generate an expanded supplemental data signal;
- a header inserter for inserting a header to the expanded supplemental data signal; and
- a multiplexer for multiplexing the MPEG data signal and the supplemental data signal having the header inserted thereto in at least one of a predetermined multiplexing ratio and unit, wherein the multiplexing unit is a segment, and the multiplexing ratio vanes with amounts of MPEG data packets representing the MPEG data signal and supplemental data packets representing the supplemental data signal.
15. The VSB supplemental data processor of claim 14, wherein the forward error correction coder is a Reed-Solomon coder.
16. The VSB supplemental data processor of claim 15, wherein the supplemental data signal includes at least one data packet having X bytes and the Reed-Solomon coder provides parity bytes of Y bytes, wherein a total of X and Y bytes is 184 bytes.
17. The VSB supplemental data processor of claim 16, wherein the header inserter adds three bytes of header information to the data packet, wherein the header information contains program identification.
18. The VSB supplemental data processor of claim 14, wherein the data expander divides each data packet of the supplemental data signal coded by the forward error correction coder into a plurality of data packets, and inserts one byte of repetition data after each byte of the divided data packets.
19. The VSB supplemental data processor of claim 14, further comprising an interleaver interleaving the supplemental data signal and outputting the interleaved supplemental data signal to the data expander.
20. The VSB supplemental data processor of claim 19, wherein the forward error correction coder is a Reed-Solomon coder.
21. The VSB supplemental data processor of claim 20, wherein the supplemental data signal includes at least one data packet having X bytes and the Reed-Solomon coder provides parity bytes of Y bytes, wherein a total of X and Y bytes is 184 bytes.
22. The VSB supplemental data processor of claim 21, wherein the header inserter adds three bytes of header information to the data packet, wherein the header information contains program identification.
23. The VSB supplemental data processor of claim 21, wherein the data expander divides each data packet of the supplemental data signal coded by the forward error correction coder into a plurality of data packets, and inserts one byte of repetition data after each byte of the divided data packets.
24. The VSB supplemental data processor of claim 14 wherein the multiplexing ratio of the supplemental data packets and the MPEG data packets in the multiplexer is one segment to one segment.
25. The VSB supplemental data processor of claim 14 wherein the multiplexing ratio of the supplemental data packets and the MPEG data packets in the multiplexer is one segment to three segments.
26. A method for a supplemental data packets and MPEG data packets in a VSB transmitter comprising a VSB supplemental data processor and a VSB transmission system, the method comprising:
- preprocessing the supplemental data packets, the preprocessing the supplemental data packets comprising: subjecting the supplemental data packets of preset bytes to a Reed-Solomon coding and adding a Reed-Solomon parity data of preset bytes to the supplemental data packets; interleaving the coded supplemental data packets; expanding each individual byte of the interleaved supplemental data packets into two bytes of data in succession; adding an MPEG header of preset bytes to each one of the expanded supplemental data packets; and multiplexing the MPEG data packets with the header-added supplemental data packets at a preset multiplexing ratio, wherein the multiplexing ratio varies with amounts of the MPEG data packets and the header-added supplemental data packets; and
- Trellis-coding the multiplexed data packets and modulating the Trellis-coded multiplexed data packets through the VSB transmission system.
27. The method of claim 26, wherein the Reed-Solomon parity data is included to only one of the supplemental data packets.
28. The method of claim 26, wherein the expanding each individual byte of the interleaved supplemental data packets comprising:
- dividing each one of the interleaved supplemental data packets into two supplemental data packets having the same numbers of bytes; and
- inserting repetition data having the same bytes with the interleaved supplemental data packet into each one of the supplemental data packets to provide two supplemental data packets each having the repetition data inserted therein.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein each one of the supplemental data packets has 184 bytes comprising 92 bytes of supplemental data and 92 bytes of the repetition data.
30. The method of claim 26, wherein the MPEG header is an identification code for identifying whether the multiplexed data is the supplemental data packet or the MPEG data packet.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 12, 2002
Date of Patent: Aug 1, 2006
Patent Publication Number: 20020159520
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul)
Inventors: In Hwan Choi (Seoul), Young Mo Gu (Seoul), Kyung Won Kang (Seoul), Kook Yeon Kwak (Kyonggi-do)
Primary Examiner: Vu Le
Attorney: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka, P.C.
Application Number: 10/121,407
International Classification: H04N 7/12 (20060101);